Didn’t they break up like a long long time ago? I thought P!atd was just Brendan at this point?

I thought Brandon Urie was the only band member left…

One of the others stuck around after the split, so this essentially is the last step of the D.E.N.N.I.S system

At least I'm not the only one who thought they broke up a long time ago, like the one guy has written music for others for over a decade now.

Nice sunny reference lol.

I had high hopes this was coming after that last album

The journey might be over but at least the songs will still stay with us.

This is like if Trent Reznor announced Nine Inch Nails was splitting up.

ATTICUS ROSS

Good. The newest song on the radio is hot garbage.

Let's be honest, these guys haven't been any good since AFYCSO. It was beyond time to go.

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He is, but he's quasi-retiring to be a dad.

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Yes, but if you read the announcement it sounds more like Brendan Urie is walking away from music entirely, not just retiring the Panic! Name.

So it’s still a big deal in that sense.

I would maybe be upset if I knew who they were….

Separating entirely, smart man. He can get them back any time he wants.

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Good it’s about time.

Pretty odd was had some pretty good songs too. I haven’t listened to it in ages, but it had some amazing imagery. Then half the band left and… well, you know

I'm not really shocked honestly. Panic hasn't been a band since like 2013, and after that, it's essentially just been Brendon Urie's solo project.

It’s less about them splitting as a band and more about Brendan retiring from the music industry to be a dad.

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two great albums, and then a ton of shit.

some of the shit i'm nostalgic over (vices, twtltrtd)

some of the shit is the worst music i've ever heard (everything else)

once ryan ross wasn't creatively directing the band the ship sunk hard

How out of touch can a person be with music? This much apparently

100% agree. Pretty Odd was and is absolutely fantastic. Fever was great too, but has aged worse than pretty odd. Everything else is ass garbage imo

well fuck. glad i caught the first show of the tour in austin.

Split seems an odd choice of words at that point

Does anyone actually believe he's walking away from music forever though? Once the baby rush is over he'll probably make/release more music, just not under the P!ATD name.

Now it's just gonna be: a little bit of anxiety! all over the place

Exactly my first thought was “wow does Brandon have really dry skin?”

nine inch nails may be and has been a band at times but it has always been Reznors vehicle so no I don’t think this is like that at all. secondly…well, I won’t say the second part but you all know.

Again? Lol.

Split with who it’s just Brendan lol

Didn’t the drummer left in 2015?

20 years too late.

Their debut album was in 2005

He's most likely gonna comeback as a solo artist anyway.

Bruh their debut isn't even 20 years old 🤣

As far as I’m concerned, it hasn’t been PATD since the departure of Ryan Ross

they're more than one person?

exactly

Isn't it just one guy? Isn't that a retirement?

"The evil is defeated"

I swear Panic and Fall Out Boy are like musical herpes that never seem to go away. The worst bands from a terrible era of music that have somehow persisted.

Well this last album for me personally was steaming hot garbage compared to anything they’ve done previous so maybe it’s time although I thought it was just Brendon also

Agreed. Also, why say that a band is breaking up when what's actually happening is that they're (he's) "retiring?"

"Panic! Announces final tour" is both more accurate and more succinct.

It is really sad that NIN never released anything after Hesitation Marks. Nothing. At all. Very sad.

I hear that Trent pokes around with movie soundtracks here and there though, so that's nice for him.

It really does seem like this headline is announcing that Brendan is about to split in half, like a self-replicating cell.

They were still a thing?

It’s like the “In Memoriam” montage at the Academy Awards when you see an actor’s picture on the screen and say, I thought they were already dead?

Trent and Atticus just wrote the score for Empire of Light. It's very good.

How do you spilt from yourself?

NIN did at one point lol. Brendon has not said they are “breakup up” or that they are splitting. Those terms keep being thrown around. He’s saying the projects is ending and he’s seemingly going into retirement from music.

I think you’re being facetious lol are you saying you’ve never even heard this band name once?

Fall Out Boy’s new song says hi lol new album out March 24th!!!!!! Please don’t lump them with Panic thanks

Once it stopped being a collaboration and started being a Brendon Urie solo project it went downhill. Vices and Too Weird at least had Dallon putting his own spin on things, but that didn’t last either.

Not even saying that the albums after twtltrtd don’t have their standouts, but none of it really hit the same for me.

Awful. Worst band of the last 30 years.

I know.

It’s not a split if you’re the only person in the band

How dare you say that about mid 2000s emo music

Well if we’re talking 30 years you’re telling me you think bands like Hanson, Hoobastank, Nickelback are better than FOB and if so how do you expect me to trust your taste? lol

All bad bands, none of which as annoying as FOB. Godawful. I'd rather litsten to dental drills.

Well, to each their own lol I feel this way about Serj Tankian’s voice

I feel like bands may be open to more splits and different projects nowadays with the notoriety of reunions headlining festivals

then go listen to dental drills

I see what you did there.

Oh no!

Anyway….

I've always thought of Panic as two different "music groups". Of course there's Panic the band, and everything else is Brendon's Panic.

I still remember getting Pretty Odd because I thought that was the album where I Write Sins was. I still remember blasting that CD on the way home from the store. Honestly the best last hurrah from "the band." New Perspective was the preview of what Panic would become.

Perfect timing if other bands want to swoop in or go for the scraps.

No shade, but I had no idea they were still a band 🤷🏽‍♂️

100%. Hell, I think it's likely it'll be under the P!ATD name - he's already been using the name for essentially his solo material for many years. But a breakup announcement like this gets headlines, and sets up his "reunion" tour in five years lol

Hey. New perspective is great! After that just one or two decent songs per record

Didn’t know there was more members than Brandon, Brandon, Brandon and of course Brandon

About time. Pray for the Wicked and Viva Las Vengeance are hot garbage. Maybe 2 or 3 decent songs in Death of a Bachelor and Too weird to live.

First 2 albums are amazing. Ryan Ross was the heart and soul of the band

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have you never heard i write sins not tragedies? or their less good songs like high hopes, hey look ma i made it, or house of memories (it was popular on tiktok for a bit as far as i’m aware)?

i think brendon is gonna get cut in half

they pretty much aren’t, it’s just brendon so it’s a solo project

i think you’re forgetting brendon

Are you being sarcastic about the EPs or what?

The disco is now calm.

What EP?

It’s so sad to hear that Brandon Urie broke up with himself.

NIN and Health's "ISN'T EVERYONE" is genuinely a great NIN track and would fit happily on a post spiral but pre hesitation marks album. Please give it a listen.

I thought he left after vices and virtues in 09

No, Spencer Smith left in 2015

Until next year when he realizes diapers cost money. Cue new reality show, “panic! At the uries”

Maybe he’s A cutter.

The lead singer does this all the time, nothing new

Thanks Variety for the oldest news in years..

NIN made a trilogy of EPs from 2016- 2018

Not the Actual Events, Add Violence, and Bad Witch

I'm less into Add Violence overall myself but Bad Witch and NtAE rule.

If you weren't just being snarky in saying they didn't release anything after Hesitattion Marks, you might be quite pleased with these 3 releases. Some real strong material accompanied by some of their best touring performances.

Also hell, they released more Ghosts volumes at the start of the pandemic, though I suspect they might be connected to some film score gigs they bailed on.

Bottom line, there's been a shitton of NIN after Hesitation Marks.

exactly, PATD "died" ages ago and Urie's been soiling their name with his crappy solo albums that are PATD in-name only for way too long, bout time this happened.

OH NO!!…..anyway….

Lmao its like Kevin Parker announcing that Tame Impala will split

Brandon Urie is and has been an amazing singer, but I miss their older stuff like Northern downpour,

They had good songs after but Fever definitely was their best album in my opinion.

I was in fact being snarky. I've been really disappointed in the output of NIN since...about the time that Atticus was made an "official" member I guess. But I think that's just a coincidence. I think they've gotten into the moody film score mentality, and honestly even with that I think their best stuff was in the early Fincher movies. The soundtrack to The Social Network was great and I think it's been diminishing returns since. To put it another way, I used to seek out movies specifically because Trent/Atticus were scoring them, and I no longer do.

I've also always been really partial to the Book of Eli soundtrack as well, which is only credited to Atticus.

The new EP stuff as well as the Ghosts releases seem really hindered by their resemblance to the film score stuff they were doing. I was not impressed. There has been a lot more focus on meandering techno-industrial soundscapes and noise rock. The newer EP/Album output feels like at most 1 song that would have been one of the lesser known, buried tracks on Hesitation Marks surrounded by rejected soundtrack cuts. And I thought it would be comedically effective to pretend that they didn't exist. I think the official term for this is "Crystal Skulling."

Honestly, I didn't even really like Hesitation Marks THAT much but the tour they did in support was just obscenely good, which made me appreciate those songs a bit better. But that's the last time I really enjoyed what they were doing. I also don't think that album is particularly well known, so it's extra funny to me to think that I'd be the kind of person who knows (or googled) that album, but is somehow completely unaware of everything they've done since.

I thought that was a Health song with a guest appearance and I don't remember being struck by it on release. Seems like that's what the entire album was based on my cursory Spotify search.

I did listen to that song this morning and I can't explain exactly why but it feels more like How to Destroy Angels than NIN. But I'm willing to admit that I could be splitting hairs there.

They sure did know how to write a chorus. I swear their 5 biggest hits are just the hook on repeat with very little in between in terms of verses.

>Nothing. At all. Very sad.

Heavy sarcasm, mate.

That's exactly what was in my mind when I made this comment.

I think it's meant as layman for casuals who don't know that it's just one guy.

I mean fair but "calling it quits" is a totally normal term to use for both a band and a person.